PIB stepped up the use of information technology by launching intra-PIB, intranet on a
highly interactive platform, for better communication with field offices and to serve as a tool for
professional activities. PIB’s main website, pib.nic.in, posts information in English, Hindi and Urdu.
The Chennai, Kolkata and Aizawl offices have launched their own websites in Tamil, Bengali and
Mizo, respectively. All other field offices of PIB are in the process of launching sister websites,
which will provide information also in regional languages.
The Registrar of Newspapers for India launched an online list of Certificates of Registration
issued to newspaper publishers on its web-site www.rni.nic.in. The list indicates the Certificate of
Registration issued from October, 2004, and is being updated regularly. It gives details such as title
of the newspaper/periodical, language of publication, periodicity, place from which it is published,
registration number and name of publisher. This is a step in the direction of promoting
transparency.
Media Facilitation
In the last one year, the Press Information Bureau issued 54,338 press releases and 4,077 features, including illustrated features. As many as 1,543 public functions were given photocoverage by the Photo Unit of the Bureau, and 2,022 photos were released. Over one-lakh photo prints were distributed to the Press. About 4,200 subscribers to PIB’s e-mail service received the information material through automated e-mails. PIB also organised 914 press conferences during the last one year. PIB also organised workshops on various issues, ranging from female foeticide and rural development to ‘internet’. The Bureau conducted over a hundred press tours from Delhi and other stations to publicise major events, and highlight Government initiatives and progress achieved in different fields. Among the places to which press tours were taken are tribal areas including the North-East, Jammu and Kashmir, A&N Islands, remote defence locations, and infrastructure projects. An Economic Editors’ Conference was organised, in November, 2004, after a gap of three years, to explain Government’s position on various economic issues. It was attended by thirteen Union Ministers and Secretaries of the economic and infrastructure Ministries, and over 350 economic editors and financial writers from all over the country. The Fifth Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues was attended by more than 200 editors/senior journalists from different parts of the country. Union Ministers and Secretaries of 12 key Ministries in the social sector interacted with the media. In addition, PIB opened media facilitation centres to provide information on the launch of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service at Srinagar; at Goa for the International Film Festival; and, Mumbai for the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas events.
Media Facilitation
In the last one year, the Press Information Bureau issued 54,338 press releases and 4,077 features, including illustrated features. As many as 1,543 public functions were given photocoverage by the Photo Unit of the Bureau, and 2,022 photos were released. Over one-lakh photo prints were distributed to the Press. About 4,200 subscribers to PIB’s e-mail service received the information material through automated e-mails. PIB also organised 914 press conferences during the last one year. PIB also organised workshops on various issues, ranging from female foeticide and rural development to ‘internet’. The Bureau conducted over a hundred press tours from Delhi and other stations to publicise major events, and highlight Government initiatives and progress achieved in different fields. Among the places to which press tours were taken are tribal areas including the North-East, Jammu and Kashmir, A&N Islands, remote defence locations, and infrastructure projects. An Economic Editors’ Conference was organised, in November, 2004, after a gap of three years, to explain Government’s position on various economic issues. It was attended by thirteen Union Ministers and Secretaries of the economic and infrastructure Ministries, and over 350 economic editors and financial writers from all over the country. The Fifth Editors’ Conference on Social Sector Issues was attended by more than 200 editors/senior journalists from different parts of the country. Union Ministers and Secretaries of 12 key Ministries in the social sector interacted with the media. In addition, PIB opened media facilitation centres to provide information on the launch of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service at Srinagar; at Goa for the International Film Festival; and, Mumbai for the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas events.
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